FACULTY SERVICES 2021-2022 - University of Baltimore ...

FACULTY SERVICES 2021-2022
    The Law Library at the University of Baltimore School of Law is deeply committed to
  providing the highest support for the scholarly and curricular needs of our faculty. The
      staff is committed to providing skilled research assistance through our extensive
     knowledge of legal reference materials and databases and deep grasp of research
    methodologies. This section is intended to be an introduction to our comprehensive
 library service for faculty. We welcome your suggestions and very much look forward to
             working with you, your research assistants and our UB law students.
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DIRECTORY

Reference, 410-837-4559
Circulation, 410-837-4554

LIBRARY STAFF

Harvey Morrell, Library Director and Professor of the Practice, 410-837-4657, AL 1131
David Matchen, Head of Circulation and Reference Librarian, 410-837-4674, AL 727
Charles A. Pipins II, Deputy Director, 410-837-4373, AL 829
Bijal Shah, Electronic Resources, Interlibrary Loan and Reference Librarian, 410-837-4578,
AL 1135
Carole “Carly” Roché, Reference Librarian, 410-837-4597, AL 828
Savannah Long, Digital Services Librarian, 410-837-4583, AL 830
Lisa Bellamy-Smith, Acquisitions and Cataloging Library Specialist, 410-837-4591, AL 1134
Gina Brandon, Serials and Government Documents Library Specialist, 410-837-4582,
AL 1134
Tyler Link, Business Services Specialist, 410-837-4568, AL 827

TEACHING SUPPORT

  Research Instruction

  Librarians are available to provide in-class research instruction, covering either
  general legal research or resources specific to your topic in all formats with advance
  notice. Librarians can also prepare a bibliography or a LibGuide, which is a web-based
  research guide. These tools are designed to aid faculty in delivering relevant research
  resources by subject matter for class use. We will ask you about the topic, scope, and
  intended use, and then prepare a draft tailored to your specifications. The
  bibliography or LibGuide can also be added to your class TWEN page. Contact Charles
  Pipins, 410-837-4373.

  Reserve Material

  Books, periodical articles, cases, or other materials can be placed on reserve for your
  students. Items such as articles or cases can be scanned and added to your TWEN
  page. Books are kept in the Reading Room on the 7th floor. Forms for placing items on
  course reserve are also available. For any questions, please contact David Matchen,
  410-837-4674.

  1L Casebooks Collection

  The Law Library collects one copy of all 1L casebooks and add them to the reserve
  collection. If you are teaching a 1L class and plan to use a casebook, please contact
  Harvey Morrell, 410-837-4657 with pertinent title information at your earliest
  convenience.

  Exams

  The Library maintains a TWEN page for old exams. If you wish to provide your
  students with access to previous years’ exams and/or model answers, send an email

with the exam authorizing us to add it to the TWEN page. Access to these exams is
  restricted to University of Baltimore Law students. Contact David Matchen, 410-
  837-4674 with questions about online exams.

SCHOLARLY RESEARCH SUPPORT

  Librarians can provide support for your teaching, scholarship and research. Our
  resources include a myriad of legal and non-legal materials and databases. You are
  welcome to ask for assistance from any of our librarians or to contact the reference
  librarians. We also have an online guide for Faculty Services.

  Research Assistant Training

  Librarians can provide training for your research assistants. Group training at the
  beginning of each semester is available and we can also provide instruction on an
  individual basis. To the extent that you authorize, the library can extend your
  circulation privileges to your RA. If you would like to do so, please contact Charles
  Pipins, 410-837- 4373.

  Current Awareness Services

  The Current Index to Legal Periodicals (CILP) is a weekly service that provides a list of
  recent articles by subject. You will find CILP under our Databases page. You may also
  sign up to receive weekly emails with notices and links to new articles in your areas
  of interest through SMARTCILP. The code to receive these emails is 6141 and please
  use your UB email address to register.

  Many databases, including Lexis+ and Westlaw, also provide current awareness
  services. To set up an Alert, contact your liaison or our reference librarians. Consult
  our Alerts and Current Awareness resources guide as well.

  The Law Library also subscribes to the entire collection of Bloomberg/BNA databases.
  Included are U.S. Law Week and a wide range of subject-specific reporters. Depending
  on the subject, you may sign up for a daily or weekly update. The best way to access
  these updates is to sign up through Bloomberg Law. If you don’t have a Bloomberg
  account, you can register for one using your University of Baltimore email address. If
  you need help, contact your liaison or any librarian.

  EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS)

  EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) is an online research tool that aggregates many of the
  Library’s resources including our online catalog and legal and non-legal databases.
  Rather than searching these resources separately, you can do a search in EDS and
  retrieve a list of results ranked according to relevancy. Your results can consist of
  different material types, such as books, eBooks, journal articles and conference

proceedings. Access to full text is also available. EDS is accessible on the Library’s
  homepage; when you run a search after entering terms in the search box, you are
  searching EDS. If you have any questions, please contact Bijal Shah, Electronic
  Resources/ILL/Reference Librarian, 410-837-4578.

  Journals

  Search the Library’s digital and print journal holdings by title using our
  journal look-up tool.

FACULTY PUBLICATION SUPPORT

  Scholarworks @ UB School of Law (ScholarWorks)

  ScholarWorks is the official institutional repository for faculty scholarship. This
  repository is administered by the Library. To have your scholarship posted to
  ScholarWorks, contact Harvey Morrell, 410-837-4657 or Savannah Long, 410-837-
  4583.

  Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

  SSRN allows faculty to showcase their scholarship and share it with other faculty. The
  Library administers the University of Baltimore School of Law Legal Studies Research
  Paper Series. To assist you with setting up your account and with posting your
  scholarship to SSRN, contact Harvey Morrell, 410-837-4657 4657 or Savannah Long,
  410-837-4583.

  Scholastica

  The Law School has an institutional account with Scholastica. This service enables
  you to easily submit unpublished articles to law reviews to be considered for
  publication. Scholastica also helps you manage and track submissions to multiple
  journals. If you have any questions about using Scholastica or have questions
  about publishing in general, contact Harvey Morrell, 410-837-4657.

  Faculty Publications Display

  The display case on the 7 floor of the Library is dedicated to recent Faculty
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  publications. The publications should be articles published in law reviews or other
  serious analysis published in books. Each full time faculty member is encouraged to
  submit recent publications (published within the preceding two years).

OTHER LIBRARY SERVICES

    Requesting Materials

    You may suggest titles for our collection, and you may request that we order books
    and other materials to be put on Reserve for your classes. Contact Harvey Morrell,
    410-837-4657 or Charles Pipins, 410-837-4373, if you want to request that the
    Library purchase materials for the collection.

    Borrowing Materials

    Full time faculty members may check out circulating materials from any library
    within the University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI). Books
    and other materials may be renewed if they haven’t been requested by another
    user. Books obtained from other USMAI libraries are subject to the circulation rules
    of those libraries. Please note that we cannot override due dates or fines from
    other USMAI libraries. For questions about circulation policies, contact Dave
    Matchen.

    Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery

    You can search for materials owned by the Law Library, other University System of
    Maryland and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI) libraries and libraries around the world by
    searching WorldCat Discovery. If you find a book you are interested in that isn't owned
    by the Law Library, you can request that it be sent to you here at the Law Library. UB
    Law materials can be requested as well; they will be pulled from the stacks, checked
    out and forwarded to you, usually within 24 hours. Any librarian can show you how to
    use this system.

    If you need a book or other material that is not available at any USMAI library, or if
    you need a copy of an article from a journal that is not available from either the
    Law Library's print collection or subscription databases, we can obtain it for you
    from another library. You may submit requests using our online interlibrary loan
    system, ILLiad. Information about ILLiad, including how to register for an account, is
    available on the Library’s ILL webpage. Please contact Bijal Shah, 410-837- 4578, if
    you have any questions. You may also contact Bijal through the ILL email account.

Scanning

Scanners are available in the Reading Room on the 7th floor and on the 11th and 12th
floors. The scanners are free and self-serve. The library staff is also happy to scan
materials for you, subject to copyright and fair use restrictions. If you need help with
scanning or would like to make a request, please email our Circulation staff to request
this service.

Computer and Technical Support

The University’s technical support staff will perform routine maintenance, updates,
and minor repairs on your office PC; however, we cannot maintain hardware or
software not on the University of Baltimore’s list of supported products. To request
computer assistance contact the Call Center or call the OTS help desk at 410-837-
6262.

Individual training on Word, Outlook, Lexis+, Westlaw and other databases is also
available through the Law Library. Contact Charles Pipins, 410-837-4373 or Harvey
Morrell, 410- 837-4657, to make an appointment.

CALI

Programmed instruction exercises from the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal
Instruction (CALI) are available for student use from the CALI website. The
password for faculty is BALTUVfac14. If you need assistance with CALI, contact
our reference librarians.

Room Reservations

You may reserve the 9th floor Library classroom or any of the conference rooms
in the Library. To do so, contact Tyler Link, Business Service Specialist, 410-837-
4568 or David Matchen, 410-837-4674.

Routing of Publications

If the Library receives a newsletter or journal that you are interested in reading on a
regular basis, we can route the material to you as soon as we process it. To have an
item routed to you contact Gina Brandon, Serials and Government Documents
Specialist, 410-837-4582.

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